Woody Allen continues his new millennium tour of Europe
with a jaunt to Rome in his latest comedy, To
Rome with Love. Perhaps after churning out a movie a year like clockwork
for the last 30 odd years, Woody finally tired of New York City as a setting
for contemporary stories of relationships and intellectualism. Though the
backdrop has shifted recently from London to Barcelona to Paris and now the
Eternal City, the signature wit has remained. It hasn’t always worked well but
I’m glad that he put out one more fine film in Midnight in Paris before the inevitable end of Woody. To Rome with Love is a bit of a letdown
after last year’s wonderful fantasy.
